Box for cigarettes



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A. BORLING'HAUS. 12011 FOR GIGARETTES.

No. 580,080. Patented Apr, 6, 1897.

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A. BORLINGHAUS. BOX FOR GIGARETTBS.

No. 580,080. Patented Apr, 6, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST BORLINGHAUS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOX FOR CIGARETTES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,080, dated April 6,1897.

Application filed March 12, 1896. Serial No. 582,841. (No model.)

To aZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST BORLINGHAUS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Boxes for Cigarettes, &c., ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification.

The object of the improvement is to provide a simple and efficientconstruction for individual boxes or packages wherebya cigarette or thelike may be conveniently and quickly extracted therefrom and in whichthe contents of the package is protected until used. I attain thisobject by means of the construction and arrangement of parts illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a perspective view ofthe box, showing a cigarette partly removed therefrom. 'Fig. II shows aprepared blank ready to be formed into a box. Fig. III shows inperspective the box filled with cigarettes preparatory to closing andsealing the same. Fig. IV is a vertical section taken along the line IVIV of Fig. V, showing the box filled with cigarettes. Fig. V is a topview of the box. Fig. VI is a cross-section taken along the line VI VIof Fig. IV. Fig. VII is a perspective view of amodified construction.Fig. VIII is the blank from which said modified form is made.

As shown by the drawings, the box is made from a blank creased topredetermine the various lines upon which the box-body is folded intoshape. 1 and 2 are the sides of the said box-body. 3 and 4 are theflaring ends thereof, and 5 and 6 are the edges. One of these edges iswider than the other, which gives the box a hopper shape. The narroweredge 6 is approximately slightly wider than a cigarette. On either sideof the edge 6, and cut from the sides 1 and 2, are two ears '7 and 8,respectively. These ears fold back, as shown in the drawings, exposingthe cigarette that lies in the bottom of the hopper-shaped box. At thenarrow portion of the end 3 is a tongue or flap 9, covering an openinginto the box, said opening being slightly larger than the circumferenceof a cigarette and adapted to allow the removal of such cigarette fromthe box.

10, 11, and 12 are flaps upon the ends 3 and 4 and side 2, respectively,which are folded in under the wider edge 5. In my preferred constructionI paste the edge of edge 5 to these flaps, said paste being placed overarea 13.

14 and 15 are folds placed inside of the ends 3 and at, and to whichsaid ends are pasted along edges 16 and 17.

18 is an ear to fold under the end of the box opposite the opening forextracting the cigarette.

I prefer to construct the box out of the blank shown in Fig. II, pastingthe portions thereof together after the box is filled with cigarettes;but instead of pasting said portions together the blank shown in Fig.VIII may be used and the box shown in Fig. VII secured in shape by meansof the flap 19 on the flap 12 engaging in the slot 20 between the side 1and the wide edge 5. The folds 14 and 15 in. the modification are formedon the flaring ends 3 and 4, respectively.

After the box is filled with cigarettes, closed, and secured asdescribed a cigarette is extracted therefrom as follows: The ears 7 and8 are opened, as shown inthe perspective views, and the flap 9, coveringthe opening in the narrow end of the box, is removed. IVith the thumband forefinger enough purchase is obtained on the sides of the cigarette21 through the openings made by the ears 7 and Sin the sides of the boxto push the same therefrom. The cigarette extracted is taken, it will bereadily seen, from the bottom of the hopper, which, after its removal,will be immediately replaced by another cigarette when the box is heldwith the narrow edge downward.

The box I have shown is adapted for ten cigarettes, but it is evidentthat it may be made to receive any desired number, and while I havedescribed the box as adapted for cigarettes I do not limit myself tothis use, as it may be used for many other purposes.

I claim as my invention- 1. A box-blank comprising the narrow edge, therear side having a cut portion adjacent to the narrow edge providing anear, the wide edge formed on the rear side, a flaring end having a flapand formed on the rear side, the flaring end having a flap and a tongueand formed on the rear side, the front side having a cut portionadjacent to the narrow edge providing an ear, the flap formed on thefront side, and the fiaringend folds; substantially as described.

2. A box-blank comprising the narrow edge, the rear side having a cutportion adjacent to the narrow edge providing an ear, the Wide edgeformed on the rear side, a flaring end having a flap and formed on therear side, the flaring end having a flap and a tongue and formed on therear side, the front side having a cut portion adjacent to the narrowedge providing an ear, the flap formed on the front side, and theflaring-end folds formed on the front side and means for securing theWide edge to the edge flap; substantially as described.

3. A box comprising the two flaps 7 and 8.

cut from the sides of the box, and providing two openings at the sides,and the end flap 9 covering an opening in the end of the box coincidentWith the end of the article exposed through the side openings;substantially as described.

4. A box having a hole in its end arranged to permit the passagetherethrough of an article in said box and having finger-holes arrangedin its sides with reference to said end hole to permit such article tobe grasped with the fingers and pushed endwise through said end hole,substantially as described.

5. A cigarette-box having a hole in its end arranged to permit thepassage therethrough of a cigarette and having elongated fingerholes inthe sides arranged with reference to said end hole, whereby a cigaretteinside of the box may be grasped with the fingers and pushed endwisethrough said end hole, substantially as described.

6. A cigarette-box of a breadth at one of its narrower sides to containa single cigarette, said box having a hole in its end at such side andhaving elongated finger-holes arranged opposite each other in the mainsides immediately next to said narrow side, whereby the cigarette may begrasped with the fingers and pushed endwise through the end hole,substantially as described.

7. A cigarette-box having a hole in its end arranged to permit thepassage therethrough of a cigarette and having elongated finger-- holesin the sides arranged with reference to said end hole, whereby acigarette inside of said box may be grasped with the fin gers and pushedendwise through said end hole, said box having also flaps for saidholes, substan- 6o tially as and for the purpose set forth.

A. BORLINGHAUS.

In presence of- N. FINLEY, STANLEY STONER.

